H. William Mahaffey

Bill Mahaffey's practice focus is in the taxation, finance, corporate, and transactional areas. He has provided ‎counsel on a wide range of tax-sensitive matters.‎

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Education

• LL.M., New York University School of Law, 1981
• J.D., with honors, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, 1980
• B.A., Colorado State University, 1977

Bar Admissions

• Colorado, 1982

Court Admissions

• Colorado State Judicial District Courts
• Colorado Supreme Court
• Colorado Court of Appeals
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Community

• American Housing Program Subcommittee, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Colorado Bar Association, Member

Representative Matters

• Nonprofit organizations, including initial exemption determinations, joint ventures with for-profit organizations, unrelated business income, and various operations and employee benefit matters. Bill has developed particular emphasis in tax-exempt financing for exempt organizations, charter school financing, and the financing of low- and moderate-income housing programs offered by tax-exempt organizations.
• Mergers, acquisitions (taxable and tax-deferred), and reorganizations.
• Banking regulatory and finance issues, including financial accounting aspects associated with financial institution regulatory capitalization requirements. 
• Corporate taxation, partnerships, and limited liability companies, including formation and operational issues. 
• Compensation and fringe benefit matters, including qualified and nonqualified options, self-funded welfare benefit plans, and related matters 
• ERISA-related matters, including leveraged and non-leveraged ESOPs, qualified plans, and advice to plan sponsors concerning fiduciary and plan administration issues.
• Estate and gift taxation planning. 
• Assists in litigation in the Federal Tax Court and employee benefits litigation brought or maintained by plan participants or beneficiaries.

News

Publications

Blog Posts

Events

Bill regularly presents at a variety of professional speaking engagements. In the last year, he has made seminar presentations to lawyers and professionals on the following matters:

• Partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships 
• Charitable organization taxation-unrelated business income taxation 
• Charitable organization taxation-employee fringe benefit planning (including qualified plans, 403(b) plans, and 457 plans)
• Federal income tax aspects of divorce 
• State sales and use tax, including taxation of interstate transactions